Ira sets new EP track record at VIR

[jmark]

Greg won the first EP race at VIR from the pole. He looked to repeat it on Sunday and took the lead at the start and set a new track record in EP of 2:06.3 on lap 3. A broken stub axle put him out on the next lap. Here are some pics from the weekend.

Edited April 25, 2009 by jmark

[Carl Beck]

Outstanding!!! The broken stub axle is a real bummer.

thanks Mark

Carl B.

[Phred]

Great Pics. I'd sure like to hear his comments on why he has chosen to run without the legendary BRE type rear spoiler.

Phred

[DatsunDoc]

The spoiler is not legal in SCCA E production.

[Steve Parmley]

Congratulations Greg Ira and thank you jmark for the fantastic photos.

[Phred]

I guess I should have known that. I held an SCCA license for 18 years. SCCA and their stupid rules. They'll let you spend thousands of dollars building the trickest E-prod car in the world, but you can't put a spoiler on it. Yet it was legal on a C-Prod 240. Not to change the flow of the thread, I still like the pics, and Greg's car.

Phred

[gnosez]

Were the front airdam and grill area modified (rubber strip and blocked off bottom section) done recently? Also the strip along side the door and 1/4 window?

Very nice pictures!!

[jmark]

Thanks! This is the way the car ran last year. Greg took pole at the Runoffs and finished third in the race.

[260DET]

Like the way that car sits flat in corners with the wheels vertical and full face tyre contact with the road. Inside wheel lift noted too.

Very impressive for a S30.

Nearly as impressive as my S130

Edited April 26, 2009 by 260DET

[gira]

Mark,

Great pics as always and thanks for the props. The tire contact patch being so good is from two things. Our geometry is decent for that old car and the tires we use. The cantilevered SportsCar special is quite something. Almost 10 inches of tire patch and very little static negative camber used. Half a degree would be heavy. The car runs as it did the second half of the season last year. VIR did some things to the course which gave us extra grip. They diamond ground some of the corners or something like that. My car actually wasn't handling as well as I would have liked. The engine was awesome as usual.

Greg

[Red-Eye]

Nice job Greg! Great pics Mark!

[EP240Z]

I heard Greg might be trying out some new suspension that Sam made sound like its working! He looks like its hooked up good. A lot of new record were set this weekend. They have worked on the track and from what I have heard most were very happy about it. Appearently the cars were hooking up so well several people broke parts in the driveline/suspension.